The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-21
EDUCATIONAi
State Of Maine Cattle Commission.

An act to extipate contagious. diseases
among cattle, passed by the last legislature
OF Maine is now in force, and the Iollowlng
rules and regulations have been ad0pted:
chapter 1873, section 4, 3 ana seven are as
follows:
Section 4-That any person or persons VINO
shall knowingly and wilfuly refuse PERMISSION 10
SAID commissioners, or either OF them 10 aAe, OF
who knowingly and wilfully obstruets SAD com
mlsslonerS, or either of them III making an neces,
sary examinations of, and as to animals supposed
Dy SAID commissioners to be diseased as aioIesaa
or In destroying the same, or VINO knowingly at
tempts TO prevent said commissioners, OF either
OF them, from entering upon the premises anu otl-
er places herein before specified where any OF
TO exist, shall be deemed guilty OF mlsdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, or OF eitner OF tne
acts In this section prohibited, shall pc punished
by fne not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding ninety Gays, OF py
poth hne and Imprisonment, at the discretoh OF
the court.
Section 5-That any person who is the owner OF
or who Is possessed of any interest IN any AMI
mails affected with any of the diseases named IN
section two OF this act, or any person VINO -
agent, common carrier, cOnsignee or otherwise Is
charged with any duty in regard 10 any amman so
diseased or exposed TO the contaglon OF Such as
ease, or any officer or agent charged with any du-
ties under the provisions of this act, who shall
knowingly conceal the existence Of such conta-
gious disease, the fact of such exposure 70
said contagion and who shall knowingly and will
fully fail, within reasonable time, to report TO the
said commissioners, their knowledge or their IN
of said disease or of such exposure thereto shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and shall be
punishable as provided in section four OF TINS act
Section THAT no person or persons owning or
operating any railroad, nor the owner or owners,
or masters of any steam, sailing or other els
within the State, shall receive for transportation
or transport from part of the State to another
part of the State, or to bring from any other
State or foreign country affected with any of the
diseases named in section two OF this act, or that
have been exposed to such diseases, especially
the disease known as tuberculosis, knowing such
cattle to be affected or TO have been so exposed:
nor shall any person or persons, company orcor-
poratiOn, deliver for such transportation 10 any
railroad company, or to the master or owner of
any vessel, any cattle, knowing them to be af-
said diseases; nor shall any person or persons,
company or corporation, drive on foot or trans
mother par Of bs sas Gn ny eae
knowing the same to be affected with or to have
been exposed to any of said diseases. Any person
or persons violating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding the sum OF two hundred dollars, or
by Imprisonment not exceeding six months, or
by both fine and Imprisonment.
Whenever the commissioners shall inspect and
condemn an animal as diseased, they will cause
the appraisal of the animal or animals affected
with, or that have been exposed to said diseases,
and the same shall be destroyed and paid for as
provided in Sec. 10, out Of moneys appropriated
by this act, upon requisition made by the commits
sioners, and disbursed by the Secretary upon
vouchers furnished by the commissioners or a
si0ners shall decide animals TO be diseased, or to
have been exposed to contagion, and the owner
refuses to accept the sum authorized to be paid
under the appraisement provided for in this act,
the commissioners will declare and maintain a
rigid quarantine Of such animals at the expense
of the owner, and also of the premises or places
where such cattle may be found. All notices of
disease among animals provided for in this act
shall be made directly to the Veterinary Inspec-
tor of this board who will by himself or some
other member Of the board, give the same their
immediate attention.
The Cattle Quarantine against the States of
Massachusetts and New York, ordered by the
old board, is hereby continued until further notice.
Massachusetts has now nine localities land per
haps more) infected with contagious Pleuro-Pneu-
monia, by cattle brought there from New York
and the stock interests of that State are in great
jeopardy. The great difficulty which attends the
stamping ont of the infection Of contagious Pleuro-
Pneumonia, makes 1t the duty of all TO use every
endeavOr TO prevent its gaining foothold in this
State; but permit to bring cattle into this State
may be obtained by furnishing to this board full
and satisfactory evidence of non-infection. All
other cattle brought into this State without such
a permit will be quarantined, as above directed,
until this order is cancelled, and any violation of
this order coming to our knowledge will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
+. o. BEALS, Bangor, President
w. w. HARRIS, Deering, Secretary and Treas
urer.
GEO. d. BAILEY, Portland, Veterinary Inspector.
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